[Info-vax] The Doom of VAX VMS Hobbyist Licenses?

[Dave Froble]

On 7/21/2020 2:36 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 7/21/20 1:41 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
>> rljenkin at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Happy to hear any and all options.
>>
>> Here's my opinion ... it's amazing how many times people can have the
>> same discussion of VAX hobbyist systems :-)
>
> What's truly amazing is how this technology was abandoned and yet
> after all this time there are still people using it.  And enjoying
> the experience.
>
> bill
>

Abandoned ?????

I don't see it that way.

Regardless, when the C-VAX CPU was introduced was the time for DEC to 
change directions.  I believe that was before the IBM PC introduction, 
but, I could be wrong.  Yeah, hindsight is usually rather good.

If DEC had introduced low cost computers, using VMS as the OS, and 
pursued the low cost market, perhaps we would not have Microsoft, Intel, 
and a few others.

The dinosaurs in charge were still thinking about replacing IBM, using 
the hugely successful VAX 9000 to turn large piles of money into small 
piles of money, and wondering why anyone would want a computer in their 
home.

Wasn't abandoned, it was frittered away.

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